Primates and Me: Learning about Apes to Understand Human
Primas sum: primatum nihil a me alienum putoI am a primate; nothing about primates is alien to me. Earnest Albert Hooton (1887–1954)American anthropologist and primatologist “Primates” have a diversity of over 500 species. Their body weights range from as little as 30 grams in the Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur to up to 250 kilograms in […]
Human, Rice, and Water Buffalo in Southeast Asian Culture
Human, Rice, and Water Buffalo in Southeast Asian Culture When did humans first learn to cultivate rice? Many academic fields use “rice” as an object of study for human society because the evolution of rice cultivation reflects the relationship between humans and their environment, as well as the relationships among humans themselves during the transition […]